This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Gatsby recognize Nick? A) They went to Yale together. B) He recognizes him from the war. C) He knows Nick is Daisy's cousin. D) He recognizes him as his neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He recognizes him from the war. 2. Define:extemporize A) To speak without preparation; to improvise. B) Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. C) Crucial; absolutely necessary. D) Tending to calm or soothe. E) In a way that indicates or shows disbelief; difficult to believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To speak without preparation; to improvise. 3. Retribution is A) Call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response. B) An indirect and usually malicious implication. C) Courage when facing danger. D) A justly deserved penalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A justly deserved penalty. 4. She arrived to the meeting with her hair disheveled and her clothes wrinkled. What does the word 'disheveled' mean? A) Refusing to change your mind or behavior. B) When someone or something interrupts or invades. C) Messy or untidy in appearance. D) To keep going even when it's tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Messy or untidy in appearance. 5. For Gatsby, the green light is a symbol for ..... A) The poverty of his upbringing. B) The wealth of the residents in East Egg. C) Gatsby's hopes and dreams. D) Daisy's hopes and dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatsby's hopes and dreams. 6. What is Gatsby doing when we first see him? A) Reaching his hands mysteriously into the air. B) Reclining on a couch in Tom Buchanan's living room. C) Telling the narrator his deepest secrets. D) Balancing an imaginary book on his head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reaching his hands mysteriously into the air. 7. Myrtle was initially attracted to Tom because A) He dressed expensively. B) He stopped to give money to a homeless man. C) He offered her a ride while she was at a bus top. D) He treated he with respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dressed expensively. 8. The passage most clearly implies that Gatsby A) Recognizes that throwing lavish parties will not help him reach his romantic goals. B) Thinks that his romance and future with Daisy is doomed. C) No longer trusts Nick as a friend and confidant. D) Plans to return his life to where it was when he first met Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plans to return his life to where it was when he first met Daisy. 9. Who is the novel's narrator? A) Nick Carraway. B) Tom Buchanan. C) Daisy Buchanan. D) Jordan Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nick Carraway. 10. In the beginning of the novel, what does the reader learn about Nick Carraway? A) He has come to NY to work in the bond business. B) He was raised in an economically disadvantaged family. C) He rents one of the new mansions on West Egg. D) He enjoys judging people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has come to NY to work in the bond business. 11. In line 90, "incarnation" most nearly means A) Cycle. B) Embodiment. C) Romance. D) Affair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embodiment. 12. Daisy NEVER loved Tom. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Why did Nic Carraway move to New York city? A) To meet with relatives. B) To learn science. C) To make more friends. D) To learn the bond of business. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To learn the bond of business. 14. What does the narrator learn from Jordan about Tom during lunch? A) He plays polo. B) He was a football star. C) He has a daughter with Daisy. D) He has some woman in New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has some woman in New York. 15. Daisy's confession to Gatsby that she "did love [Tom] once ..... but I loved you too" is ..... to Gatsby (Fitzgerald 132). It shatters his dream and is an aspect that he never considered possible. A) Garrulous. B) Redolent. C) Forlorn. D) Indiscernible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indiscernible. 16. Who is Daisy's cousin? A) Nick. B) Tom. C) Jordan. D) Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nick. 17. Sleepwalking A) Walk in one's sleep. B) To confuse or deject. C) Dark and dull; gloomy. D) To represent numbers by symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walk in one's sleep. 18. Who does Gatsby speak with in the library for almost an hour? A) Nick. B) Jordan. C) Daisy. D) His butler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jordan. 19. Incompetently; awkwardly; clumsily A) Ineffable. B) Apathetically. C) Ineptly. D) Monopolizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ineptly. 20. What is the meaning of "Obstinate" ? A) A serious break in friendly relations. B) To sing in a soft, low voice. C) To be sluggish and apathetic. D) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThe Great Gatsby Quiz 1The Great Gatsby Quiz 2The Great Gatsby Quiz 3The Great Gatsby Quiz 4The Great Gatsby Quiz 5The Great Gatsby Quiz 6The Great Gatsby Quiz 7The Great Gatsby Quiz 8The Great Gatsby Quiz 9The Great Gatsby Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books